. -- socially-just market economy. for some, he represents welfare cuts that were pushed through in the previous government. >> i'm not jumping for joy. the fact of the matter is, he is what we've got. >> he is a good candidate to meet chancellor merkel. we need a sound program, a united party, and a candidate who can champion that program. that will improve our appeal to voters. >> the party's ste left wing party's stinb -- the party boss left wing is behind -- the party's left wing is behind steinbruck. >> our correspondent has been following this note. tell us more about -- this vote. tell us more about steinbruck and merkel. how do they actually differ? >> not very much. from 2005 to 2009, peer steinbruck was merkel's finance minister. he was initially opposed to a stimulus package. he later changed his mind. that is because he is a pragmatist, like angela merkel. during that time that they work together, he shaped, in a very important way -- they worked together, he shaved, in a very important way, per economic th